Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the incurred but not reported provision for clinical negligence is in 2014-15.

The NHS Litigation Authority (NHS LA) indemnifies National Health Service organisations in England and many independent sector providers of NHS care against claims.

The valuations of the NHS LA’s ‘Incurred But Not Reported’ (IBNR) provisions for 2014/15 are not yet available.

As part of its financial year-end processes, the NHS LA undertakes an actuarial review of the provisions held against all the schemes it administers. This includes a review of the assumptions used to calculate the IBNR provisions for all its schemes.

The valuations of IBNR provisions for 2014/15 will be published in the NHS LA’s annual accounts, which are formally laid before Parliament prior to the summer recess.